Expand Your Horizons With These Thought Provoking Fashion Illustrations
There is something so magnificent about the stylish. Style can seem so vain yet is such a large part of who we are. Style defines the individual beyond their actions; it’s how we judge those around and can…
Create a Call to Action Button With Adobe Fireworks CS4
Call to Action is a web design term used to describe any type of element that solicits a response from a user. In this 11 minute video tutorial I demonstrate how to create a call to action button using…
27 High Quality Paintbrush Style Illustrator Brushes Part 1
As you know, I am always looking for news ways to produce graphic design resources. Sometimes my methods involve learning new skills; other times it involves the use of new materials. Recently, I have been experimenting with ink…
Use 9-Slice Scaling in Adobe Fireworks CS4 to Scale Objects Without Distortion
I’m sure most of you have probably attempted to scale an object in Illustrator or Photoshop with rounded corners. If so, you have probably noticed how Photoshop or Illustrator can distort the rounded corners on your objects. This…
Ultimate Icon Search Engine – FindIcons.com: More Than 300,000 Free Icons at Your Fingertips
Hey guys, today I wanted to let you know about a new icon website; FindIcons.com. FindIcons.com is a new website that features the world’s largest icon library with over 300,000 free icons in over 2,100 packs.
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Fluffy Clouds: 25 High Resolution Photoshop Brushes
Let’s face it; there are a lot of ways to produce clouds in Photoshop. If you ask Google how to create clouds in Photoshop, you’re likely to discover a list as long as the Internet itself. The main…
Torn Paper: 10 High Resolution Photoshop Brushes With a Flat Edge
My favorite way to create torn paper edges in Photoshop is to use a nice set of Photoshop brushes. The right set of Photoshop brushes can produce a realistic-looking effect in a short amount of time. I’ve released…
10 Steps to Powerful Online Self Promotion for Creatives
Hello everyone! My friend Alex Mathers asked that I let you know about his latest eBook ‘10 Steps to Powerful Online Self Promotion for Creatives‘. ‘10′ Steps is an in depth guide to effective marketing, winning clients, and…
Quick Tip: Apply a Pattern Overlay to a Gradient in Adobe Fireworks
One of the reasons that I enjoy working in Fireworks so much is the ease in which it allows you to apply basic effects to objects. In this brief video tutorial I will demonstrate how to apply a…
More Stunning Smoke: 30 High Resolution Photoshop Brushes
You may remember not too long ago when I released an enormously popular set of Smoke Brushes on this website. I really enjoyed creating that set and received a ton of positive feedback; so much so that I decided…
Exploring Gradients in Adobe Fireworks
One thing that has always frustrated me about Illustrator and Photoshop is their poor support for gradients. While they have made some strides in recent years, the tools that they provide to manipulate gradients are really sub par.…
Subscribe to These Excellent Design-Related RSS Feeds
Last year, I published an article that listed some of my favorite websites to subscribe to using RSS. That article quickly became one of the most popular articles on this site; making it to the front page of Digg.…
